The University of Puerto Rico at Ponce (UPRP or UPR-Ponce) is a public college in
Ponce, Puerto Rico
Ponce ( , , ) is a city and a Municipalities of Puerto Rico, municipality on the southern coast of Puerto Rico. The most populated city outside the San Juan, Puerto Rico, San Juan metropolitan area, Ponce was founded on August 12, 1692Some publ ...
. It is the only campus of the
University of Puerto Rico
The University of Puerto Rico (Spanish language, Spanish: ''Universidad de Puerto Rico;'' often shortened to UPR) is the main List of state and territorial universities in the United States, public university system in the Commonwealth (U.S. i ...
on the southern region of the island.
History
The school opened on 23 August 1970 as Colegio Regional de Ponce de la Universidad de Puerto Rico (often shortened to Colegio Regional de Ponce). In 1982, the school starts offering four-year degrees and its name is changed Colegio Universitario Tecnológico de Ponce (CUTPO) to reflect this.
In 1998 the school is given administrative independence from the University of Puerto Rico flagship school at
Rio Piedras and its name is once again changed to become Colegio Universitario de Ponce. In 2000, in light of the expansion and diversity of the school academic offering, the ''Consejo de Educación Superior de Puerto Rico'' (
Puerto Rico Higher Education Council) authorized a name change to Universidad de Puerto Rico en Ponce (University of Puerto Rico at Ponce).
In 2010 the campus went on strike as part of the
2010–2011 University of Puerto Rico strikes. In 2017 in response to budget cuts to the university system by the
Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico the campus students voted to join the
University of Puerto Rico strikes, 2017.
Academics
The school offers
associate degree
An associate degree or associate's degree is an undergraduate degree awarded after a course of post-secondary study lasting two to three years. It is a level of academic qualification above a high school diploma and below a bachelor's degree ...
s and
bachelor degrees.
Gallery
Universidad de Puerto Rico en Ponce, Ponce Bypass (PR-2) y PR-12, Bo. Playa, Ponce, Puerto Rico, mirando al suroeste (DSC02050).jpg, Main building at University of Puerto Rico at Ponce
Biblioteca Adelina Coppin Alvarado, UPR en Ponce, Bo. Playa, Ponce, Puerto Rico, mirando al norte (DSC02048).jpg, University library
See also
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List of universities and colleges in Ponce, Puerto Rico
*
2010 University of Puerto Rico Strike
References
External links
Official website''Show Cause Report to the Middle States Commission on Higher Education.''https://web.archive.org/web/20211103143807/https://www.uprp.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2020/02/upr-ponce-show-cause.pdf Archived.]
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Liga Atletica Interuniversitaria de Puerto Rico